Genesis 31:21

Genesis 31:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
• New International Version (NIV)So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead.

Context of Genesis 31:21

19But while Laban went to shear his flocks, Rachel stole the idols that belonged to her father, 20while Jacob stole the heart from Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing. He himself fled with everything that belonged to him, and he got up and crossed the River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. 22When Laban was told on the third day after Jacob had fled, 23he took his relatives with him and pursued him a seven days’ journey. Then he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:21 word by word

וַיִּבְרַ֥ח הוּא֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וַיָּ֖קָם וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר אֶת־הַנָּהָ֑ר וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו הַ֥ר הַגִּלְעָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So he fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• with all that he had; and he rose upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and passed overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the riverנָהָרnâhâr · RiverH5104
• and setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• the mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568

Cross-references for Genesis 31:21

• Genesis 2:14The name of the third river is Tigris—it runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
• Genesis 15:18On that day Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
• Joshua 24:2Then Joshua said to all the people: “Thus says Adonai, God of Israel: ‘From ancient times your fathers—Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—lived beyond the River and worshipped other gods.
• Genesis 46:28Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph to show him the way to Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,
• Numbers 24:1When Balaam realized that it was pleasing in the eyes of Adonai to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorceries as at the other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.
• 2 Kings 12:17The money from the guilt offering and money from the sin offering was not brought into the House of Adonai—it was for the kohanim.
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask about Zion, the way— here are their faces! Come! They will join themselves to Adonai in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
• Luke 9:51When the days were approaching for Him to be taken up, Yeshua was determined to go up to Jerusalem.
• Genesis 31:23he took his relatives with him and pursued him a seven days’ journey. Then he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
• Numbers 32:1The sons of Reuben and Gad had very large herds and flocks, and, they saw that the territory of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for livestock.
• Deuteronomy 3:12“This land we took in possession at that time—from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the hill country of the Gilead and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
• Joshua 13:8With the half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan eastward, just as Moses the servant of Adonai gave them;
• Judges 10:18The people of the princes of Gilead said one to another, “Whoever begins to fight against the children of Ammon will be chief over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”

Commentaries on Genesis 31:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Passed over the river - The Euphrates, as the Targum properly notices. But how could he pass such a river with his flocks, etc.? This difficulty does not seem to have struck critics in general. The rabbins felt it, and assert that God wrought a miracle for Jacob on this occasion, and that he passed over dry shod. As we know not in what other way he could pass, it is prudent to refer it to the power of God, which accompanied him through the whole of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The journey took the family from Haran southwest to the land of Gilead, just east of the Jordan River in the north of today’s kingdom of Jordan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. he heard the words of Laban's sons--It must have been from rumor that Jacob got knowledge of the invidious reflections cast upon him by his cousins; for they were separated at the distance of three days' journey.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:21

• Gilead
• Haran
• Laban

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Euphrates River, the River
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Jacob

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings